Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Kimball School Superintendent Trevor Anderson has a big job ahead of him, but he is ready for the challenge. Admittedly he knows he has to "hit the ground running" and he must "deal with the hand that you are dealt." Anderson took over the helm of Kimball Public Schools on July 1. School will be starting in just a little over a month and, according to Anderson, his top priority, as well as the school's number one priority is to determine what school is going to look like, to figure out how to...
Bransyn Kiefer sounds like a mathematical genius as he rattles off a multitude of numbers. The language he speaks is times, motor temperatures, head temperatures, reaction times, miles per hour, tire pressure, dial board and it is all done in 1/8 of a mile. And of course, as a 13 year-old, his favorite thing in drag racing is "burnouts." Even though the burnouts are fun they do have a purpose, to get the temperature of the motor to the correct degrees and to get everything off the tires before...
Panhandle Public Health District reported on Monday that Kimball County has two new cases of the coronavirus. Both cases are individuals in their 60s. One of them, a male, was exposed through travel. The other, a female, was exposed through close contact. Kimball County now has three active cases. Twelve people once diagnosed from the virus has recovered. Scotts Bluff County had the most new cases in the region with nine positives reported on Monday. According to statistics, 283 people have recovered while currently there are 71 active cases...
More than 30 people packed into the two-hour Kimball School Board meeting on Monday, July 13, at the Kimball Jr/Sr High School. Five of the six board members were present with Lynn Vogel absent but on a phone connection, although unable to vote on agenda items. Due to a conflict, Carrie Tabor, also a school district employee, was unable to vote on approval of the board bills and on the treasurer’s report. The board bills were approved for payment, 4-0, but the motion to approve the treasurer’s report failed with Cook voting nay and Vogel abs...
Waterline installation for the new Kimball County Transit Service Building will cause a detour for drivers in the near future. A date for the work has not been set, but the City of Kimball Street Department wants all citizens of Kimball and surrounding areas to be aware that there will be a complete closure at the intersection of 3rd Street and Chestnut Street for more than a week. This will require Chestnut Street to be closed from 1st Street to 3rd Street. The city will detour North bound traffic to Oak Street and South bound traffic to...
What do you do when COVID-19 hits and your freshman year at college is cut short? Seth Varner and Austin Schneider decided to visit incorporated Nebraska towns and cities – all 531 of them. Seth explained how the visit began. "It is something to do, we had nothing else to do in March, so after we got sent home from college, I said, 'Hey, Austin, you want to go visit every town in the state.' " Austin said he was all for it. They just finished their final trip, an eight-day adventure to the P...
Good morning everyone! And a beautiful morning it is! I find that if I get myself out of bed early enough it really is beautiful out there. Way before it becomes so blasted hot. Great weather for harvesting wheat, though. The Harrisburg Community Church had a picnic this past Sunday and a hot horseshoe tournament followed. Great food, friends, and fun something we all needed. Speaking of food, If you are not supposed to eat at night, why is there a light in the refrigerator? Thursdays are becoming the day of the week for what is going on. Here...
Steven A. Kuhlman, 65, of Las Cruces, NM, died on June 18, 2020. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, 2020 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Kenneth Mars officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Steven's Tribute Wall and leave condolences and stories for the family. Memorials may be given in Steve's memory to Cenikor Foundation (substance use disorder treatment), www.cenikor.org. The services...
A funeral mass for Patricia O'Brien will be held on Saturday, July 18th, at 10:30 am, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Kimball. A luncheon will be served at the Eagles immediately following the service. All are welcome. Patricia O'Brien, 77, of Kimball, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Cantrell Funeral Home. Due to Pandemic restrictions, a graveside inurnment service was held for immediate family on...
Shirley Mae Bauman Castleberry, devoted Wife, Mother, and Grandmother died on Friday, July 3, 2020 in her 88th year. She was a resident of Poplarville, MS. Mrs. Castleberry was born July 22, 1931 in Grover, CO to John Harold Bauman and Bonnie Eva Kane Bauman of Carpenter, WY. She moved to Mississippi from Cheyenne in 1989, with prior residence in Kimball from 1965 until 1978. She was a homemaker, and a member of First Baptist Church, Poplarville. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years, Kelly...
Merl L. Boyd, 71, died at his residence in the VA CLC, Cheyenne, Wyoming on June 20, 2020, with his family by his side. Merl was born in 1948 in Sugden, OK to Capt. Lee R. and Gladys (Smith) Boyd. He joined the Army in 1966, serving one tour in Korea and two in Vietnam. Merl was preceded in death by his parents, Lee Boyd and Gladys Boyd; brother, Lee Boyd Jr.; sisters, Gladys Lee Boyd & Arlene (Boyd) Koester. He is survived by a sister, Cheryl (Donald) Trofholz; nieces, Sherri Goodman, Jackie...
What a Great weekend of watching some outstanding golf! I put in several hours following golfers involved in the 11th annual Vince's Corner ABCD Double Draw Scramble out at the Four Winds Golf Course, breathing good fresh, Hot air, but finding lots of shady spots where I could watch golfers come in and go out, with lots of exciting approach shots, pets, and long drives. On top of that I got to see and talk with a lot of people I haven't seen since at least last year, or longer. Many good...
With the Nebraska fall sports still a huge question mark, Kimball High Junior Payton Wise at least got to see some competitive action on the golf course this past week by playing in the Nebraska Amateur Golf Tournament held at the Scottsbluff Country Club. The two-day event attracted 48 girls and Payton finished tied for 17th overall with her rounds of 88-82=170. Wise is staying active, though, and attended both basketball and volleyball camps in the last couple of weeks....
Our Kimball guy, Mike Daum, had two more good showings in The Basketball Tournament being played in Columbus, Ohio, that was shown on ESPN. You hopefully caught the story last week of him being named Player of the Game in their opening week over War Tampa 76-53, when he led his House of Paign team with 21 points and 13 rebounds. This past week he repeated in game two as Player of the Game in the 76-68 win over the hosting Carmen’s Crew, an Ohio State team playing on their own stomping ground, and they were the number one seed and defending c...
The 11th annual Vince’s Corner ABCD Double Draw Golf Scramble is in the books and the 132 golfers who made up the 33 four man teams enjoyed two days of hot, but calm weather, with no storms, and a golf course that brought raves from many of the out of town golfers. It all started with a Friday night get together at the Wind Break Restaurant where the drawing for Saturday’s play took place, and was repeated Saturday evening for Sunday play. In the two day final results, the top honor went to A golfer Andrew Brown as the hometown guy fin...